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A graduate of Harvard with a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she started a homelessness outreach nonprofit after moving to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
University of Michigan graduate Jolin Ellison wields a deep pocket and a powerful voice directed at winning football and basketball games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then, at a little film school gathering at my friend’s house somewhere in Boyle Heights, I saw a friend from graduate school from across the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jacqueline Griswold, a Johns Hopkins graduate student and the study's first author, tested the idea.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Only the healthiest and strongest cubs are candidates for release—they are the ones that graduate to stage two.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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We’re in a job market where even graduates of top M.B.A. programs—traditionally America’s boss factories—are struggling to get hired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The latest unemployment reading from August was 4.1% — which is still a relatively low figure from a historical perspective, but it’s a cooler job market than previous years, particularly for recent college graduates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
A recent government report found that just over 8% of graduates find jobs aligned with their skills.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Tuesday many online posted comments critical of the pay raise, saying it was "tone deaf" given current concerns about retrenchments, jobs for fresh graduates and inflation.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Newly focused, sober, and intensely committed to succeed, he graduates with honors and returns to his community intent on changing things.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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He never graduated from college, and has a relatively limited record in running businesses, doing deals or managing a vast portfolio of stock investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Moreno was from Orange County and graduated from Chapman University with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
When Tanisha Saunders graduated from college eight years ago, she felt optimistic that she was on her way to achieving an American dream that included homeownership.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Oliver Walker graduated from the University of Liverpool in May and one week later started a graduate role working on social media campaigns for a marketing agency.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Never before, never since I had graduated from the school in Ikuma, had she said anything about my going on with my studies.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Before her move to England, Fernandez spent her career at Barcelona, graduating from their academy and becoming a five-time league champion.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
His graduating class included former tech executive and philanthropist Sheryl Sandberg, Hollywood filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and the writer Colson Whitehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Four states — California, Delaware, Colorado and Hawaii — are now mandating that students take a semester-long personal-finance course before graduating.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
After graduating from Harvard Business School, Jennifer Braus spent a year shopping for a company to buy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In June 1997, a few weeks after graduating from Smith, Luma gave her parents the news by telephone: she was staying in the United States—not for a little while, but forever.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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